Shadowbringers RDM Wishlist

[Archwizard]

I would love for them to turn the RDM job gauge into a sword, and the black/white mana gauge are the fuller in the center of the blade. Above the blade is the crystal that turns either red/black/white to indicate balance. The leftside of the crossguard has a white gem and the right side of the crossguard has a black gem. After using Verflare, the black gem glows, and vice versa for Verholy. When both gems activate, the pommel glows red, and activates the use of the spell Ardor, which is an AoE 500 potency spell (Deathflare/Foul equivalent). Ardor restores 10% of RDM's MP, too.

Ardor's animation could be something like the RDM stabs their blade into the ground and releases all the accumulated ambient aether in a blue fiery explosion that releases both black/white magic energy.

So... while I'm liking the idea of the visual change for the mana gauge, I strongly disagree with everything else about this.

• Ardor being a 500 potency AoE would not only be weaker than both Verflare and Verholy, but making it an AoE that can only be accessed via a single-target rotation means it can't be used in actual AoE contexts. This is unlike Foul, which (in addition to actually being substantially stronger) can be generated in either AoE or single-target with substantial uses in both.
• Making a "capstone" skill that's dependent on using both Verflare and Verholy means a ~80 second buildup (barring downtime) only slightly favorable to SMN's.
• In addition to the previous point, having such a skill be the core of our MP regeneration would mean a massive MP investment to get MP back, particularly in scenarios where we would need large amounts of MP restored such as immediately after death. Restoring only 10% for such a lengthy time-investment would still force us to be reliant on LD to maintain our rotation upkeep.
• Perhaps a nitpick, but... as RDMs we use swords with D-Guards or Basket-hilts, very few of which have Crossguards.